The invitation, clearly made of high-quality paper with lavish gold embossing, seemed quite elaborate for a children’s social gathering.
Hazel Lilly Hyacinth
Aria touched the elegantly handwritten name on the invitation.
‘It’s been a while.’
As Elodie, she had been close friends with Hazel. Though Elodie was friendly with most young ladies, her bond with Hazel was special.
“Did someone just speak?”
“No, I didn’t hear anything. There’s no one there.”
Before marrying the Hyacinth Duke, Hazel was the youngest lady of a modest rural baronet family, the Luyan.
She was bullied when she first came to the capital, ostracized, and humiliated at tea parties by the influential daughters of the nobility, led by a certain countess.
“Lady Luyan, your eyes are so pretty! Like the night sky!”
To Elodie, such matters were irrelevant.
Who would dare trouble the niece of the Queen and the darling of the kingdom’s wealthiest earl family?
Elodie easily befriended Hazel, who was revealed to be an ambitious woman and a top graduate of the Imperial Academy’s Political Science department.
The quick interest of the Hyacinth heir in the wise and clever Hazel wasn’t surprising. Her sparkling intelligence captivated the arrogant young duke.
After becoming the mistress of the duke’s household, Hazel’s influence increased the King’s trust in the Hyacinth family, a well-known secret.
The hidden mastermind behind this was Hazel, once a plain and unsophisticated baron’s daughter. When the situation turned out this way, those who had once scorned her were still groveling before the Hyacinth family. Recalling those times, Aria smiled softly.
It was a nostalgic memory.
Suddenly, a thought crossed her mind.
‘Did Hazel cry when she heard of my death?’
She and Hazel had a long-standing friendship, but Hazel always managed to conceal her emotional turmoil, especially after becoming the duchess.
The image of her crying was hard to conjure. Aria preferred it that way; she disliked the idea of her loved ones grieving her loss.
Besides, she was very much alive. Mourning a living person as dead would be a great loss.
Aria’s lips curled into a serene smile as she reminisced about her friend. The memories with Hazel remained warm like a hazy spring day, unlike those with the real Aria.
‘I really hate you, Elodie.’
She remembered saying that, her back turned, in her last memory before dying.
Elodie Lycianthus led a life happier than most, but her end was harsh, as if paying for all the happiness she had enjoyed. Perhaps the law of equivalent exchange used in black magic does exist.
“…Hey! …that’s really… …amazing!”
Distracted by her thoughts behind the curtain, Aria was startled by the commotion outside. The madam of the dress shop seemed to be making a fuss.
‘Has Bonita finished changing?’
While Aria took a break, Bonita had gone with other staff to change her crumb-covered dress.
Anticipating Bonita’s adorable look, Aria peeked out from behind the curtain. The faint noise outside became clear.
“I hate it! I hate it hate it hate it! I’m not wearing this! I want to go hooome!”
…What’s happening?
Aria blinked in confusion at the sight of a boy lying on the floor, throwing a tantrum.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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